Life for disabled woman's killer
A man is starting a life sentence for murdering a disabled woman as she sat in her car outside her Essex home.
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V Festival tickets sell out fast
Tickets for this year's V Festival sold out in a record one-and-a-half hours, organisers say.
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Cod given all-clear in crackdown
Trading standards officers check fish and chip shops sell the fish they advertise on their menus after alerts over the price of cod.
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Calls for mobility scooter laws
Police and campaign groups in Essex and Norfolk call for updated laws and better training for people who use mobility scooters.
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Robbery suspect jumps into river
A teenager arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault with two others flees police by jumping into a river in Essex.
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Woman driver critical after crash
A 48-year-old woman is critically ill in hospital after her car collides with a Volvo estate on the A12 in Essex.
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Man jailed for kidnapping women
A 21-year-old man who kidnapped women by claiming to be a policeman is jailed for four years.
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Flood warnings issued for Essex
Flood warnings are issued for Essex by the Environment Agency following days of heavy rainfall.
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Man arrested after fire at home
A man is arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire in Suffolk which left a person in a critical condition.
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'Reformed' crime writer is jailed
A crime writer, who said he was a reformed robber, is jailed for a minimum of 12 years for robbing security guards in Essex and London.
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Security staff get police powers
A security company based in Essex is to be given some police powers to tackle anti-social behaviour.
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Norovirus hospital finally open
A hospital in Essex, closed for almost four weeks because of the norovirus sickness bug, is reopening.
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Crash death teenager is sentenced
A woman from West Mersea in Essex who admitted causing the death of a 17-year-old through careless driving is given a suspended sentence.
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Woman killed in crash with tree
A 25-year-old woman dies at the scene when her car leaves a road, overturns and hits a tree in Essex.
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Guilty plea in herb 'cancer' case
A practitioner of Chinese medicine pleads guilty to selling a banned substance to a woman who went on to develop kidney failure and cancer.
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Sickness bug keeps hospital shut
A hospital in Essex, hit by the norovirus sickness bug, remains shut to visitors in a bid to stop further spread.
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Should police officers be made to wear name badges?
For years police have been identified by their collar numbers, but now officers in parts of the country are being made to wear name badges. Should the badges be required for all?
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Search for 'lifesaver' van driver
A man who crashed in to a roundabout in Essex when he had a cardiac arrest is trying to face a van driver who he believes saved his life.
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Woman told 'pills are like cola'
A civil servant who allegedly became ill after taking pills from a Chinese herbal shop in Essex was told they were as safe as Coca-Cola, a court hears.
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'Giant' prison plans are scrapped
Plans to build a prison in Dagenham, east London, are dropped because the cost of protecting it from flooding would be too high.
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